Difference between revisions of "Fudged Results"

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Ignoring or having hidden exceptions to the algorithms determining effects of actions.

Players often experiences setbacks during gameplay but some setbacks can be especially bad or destroy the gameplay completely. To avoid this, game facilitators can modify the outcomes to mitigate the worse effects and possibly do this without the players knowing this. Players can also be

Examples

Game Masters in games such as GURPS and Basic Role-Playing can provide Fudged Results at all times except when players roll dice to determine overcomes. Players can however also be given limited powers to recreate Fudged Results, the fate point system used in Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay is an example of this, although game masters determines the effect of using these fate points.

Using the pattern

Dice

Fudged Results by systems or Game Masters need to be made secretly to not impede on players' perception of having a Determinable Chance to Succeed. An exception to this is if the Fudged Results are in itself algorithmically determined, which simply removes the pattern itself since players' can incorporate that algorithm into the normal one when it is noticed.

Rerolls may be seen as Fudged Results, with the peculiarity that they are in the players' or Agents hands, and this can typically not be reduced to a simple deterministic algorithm.

Randomness Enemies Game Masters

Dedicated Game Facilitators Exaggerated Perception of Influence

Limited Resources Non-Renewable Resources

Ultra-Powerful Events

Player Elimination Player Killing Player-Decided Distribution of Rewards & Penalties

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History

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